Two Oregon Department of Corrections inmates with Marion County convictions were rereleased Dec. 24 after an Oregon Supreme ...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) says its Stillwater prison will be undergoing a phased closure as part of the state’s economic plan, as well as decrease the amount of current health and ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Handmade weapons, unauthorized electronics equipment and other items that could be fashioned or used as weapons are what the South Dakota Department of Corrections said they ...

In a startling shake-up, Department of Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks resigned from her job without comment Monday. Gov. Kelly Ayotte also put the assistant corrections commissioner on immediate ...

A former New York state prison guard convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on ...

Thanks to a chronic workforce shortage and growing demands within the state prison system, seven correction officers and their superiors received more take-home pay than the state’s highest-paid ...

The correctional officers union complains of escalating violence, inmates making personalized license plates for director's associates.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Department of Corrections (DOC) staff identified another attempt at introducing contraband Thursday at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.

OKLAHOMA (KFOR) – The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) invited KFOR on an exclusive tour into one of their correctional facilities. This comes after Rep. J.J. Humphrey, R-Lane, filed a bill ...

South Dakota Department of Corrections are relying on minimum-custody offenders to help with storm cleanup in Custer State ...

The group claimed the DOC's "arbitrary and capricious decisions" have created "hardships" for incarcerated individuals, the ...